supreme Copy link Outline I. Most exalted1. suprēmus2. when the reference is to power rather than rank, dŏmĭnus3. or expr. by circuml.II. Critical, of the utmost momentIII. Greatest, extreme • supreme: I. Most exalted: 1. suprēmus: oh! s. Jupiter! pro, supreme Jupiter, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Pl. Also summus, in same sense: v. high (II., 2), and v. infr. (phr.). 2. when the reference is to power rather than rank, dŏmĭnus: the gods, s. rulers over all things, dii, d. omnium rerum ac moderatores, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, init.: cf. id. Planc. 4, ad fin., hujus principis populi et omnium gentium domini atque victoris. 3. or expr. by circuml.: s. God, cui omnia parent: qui omnia regit ac moderatur: Deus omnium rerum regnator: v. ruler, to rule. Phr.: s. power, imperium: esp. with summum: (consul) with s. power and authority, cum summo imp. et potestate, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 13, 37: also with omne: Cic. Rep. 1, 48, omne imp. nostri penes singulos esse voluerunt = (s. power over us): s. concern (interest) of the state, summa respublica, Cic. R. Am. 51, 148. II. Critical, of the utmost moment: summus: at this s. moment for the state, summo reip. tempore, Cic. Ph. 5, 17, 46. III. Greatest, extreme: suprēmus: the s. penalty (death), s. supplicium, id. Leg. 2, 9, 22.